Prime Minister Edi Rama has strongly condemned the bombing of the hospital in the Gaza Strip, where more than 500 people were killed.
In a reaction on social networks, the head of the Albanian government considers the event extremely serious and that there is no justification under any circumstances for the attack on the hospital.
"It is deeply shocking to see the footage of the Al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza, where hundreds and hundreds of people were massacred and lost their lives.
According to international laws and customs of war, the sick and wounded, hospitals, medical personnel and mobile medical care facilities are not affected.
There is no justification, under any circumstances, for hitting hospital infrastructure, civilians and medical teams. Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement that this massacre was carried out by Hamas itself is shocking, but it is not enough to separate the truth from the claims of the warring parties.
Israel has denied that it attacked the hospital in Gaza, saying the rocket was fired by Hamas. However, Prime Minister Edi Rama says that it is the duty of the democratic world to discover the facts and prove who is the author of this tragedy.
"Therefore, all possible facts must be collected and the authorship of this terrible blow to the foundations of humanity itself must be proven. Hamas is a cancer in the body of humanity, but this is not enough either to turn a blind eye to the horrifying ruins of the bombed hospital, or to settle for the very shocking statement of the Prime Minister of Israel.
In this war, Albania and the entire democratic world is determined on the side of Israel, barbarically hit by the cruelty of Hamas terrorists! But the democratic world must also be the guarantor of the truth for the hundreds and hundreds of victims of the bombed hospital in Gaza.
Therefore, the investigation of the facts to bring out the perpetrators of this mass murder and their unequivocal punishment is an indisputable responsibility and an inevitable obligation of the democratic world towards all humanity".
A rocket hit the hospital in Gaza last night causing over 500 deaths. Israel has blamed Hamas, saying the rocket was not fired by the Israeli military.
It is deeply shocking to see the footage of the Al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza, where hundreds and hundreds of people were massacred and lost their lives.
— Edi Rama (@ediramaal) October 18, 2023
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